Teleparallel Equivalent of the Kaluza-Klein Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Relying upon the equivalence between a gauge theory for the translation group and general relativity, a teleparallel version of the original Kaluza-Klein theory is developed. In this model, only the internal space (fiber) turns out to be five dimensional, spacetime being kept always four dimensional. A five-dimensional translational gauge theory is obtained which unifies, in the sense of Kaluza-Klein theories, gravitational and electromagnetic interactions.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9909004,
title = {Teleparallel Equivalent of the Kaluza-Klein Theory},
author = {V. C. de Andrade and L. C. T. Guillen and J. G. Pereira},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9909004},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, no figures, RevTeX; title and presentation changes, a new paragraph and references added, version to appear in Phys. Rev. D